Remote-controlled simulated and simultaneous game



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Patented Ane'. 10, 1926.

UNITED STATES rrsnr trice.

CREDO HARRIS, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, A SSIGFNOR T0 THE LOUISVILLE COURIER- JOURNAL COMPANY, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

REMOTE-CONTROLLED SIMULATED AND SIMULTANEOUS GAME.

Application led December 14, 1925.. Serial' No. 75,484.

This invention relates to a remote controlled simulated and simultaneous gaine apparatus.

yThe chief object of Ythe invention is to provide an arrangement or apparatus for duplicating a game such as a base-ball game, played at a distant point play by play by another team or teams through a central station connection with a transmitting device at the actual playing field, the receiving central station being located at or adjacent the simulated playing field.

The chief' feature of the invention con sists in the remote but simultaneous control of a team or teams upon a playing field substantially the duplicate of the original or actual playingriield, the team or teams thereon representing the team or teams actually playing, the said representing teams being individually controlled from a central station play by play.

The full nature of the invention will be understood from the accompanying drawings and the following specification and claims:

In the drawings Fig. 1 is a. diagrammatic plan view of a pair of playing fields with the several stations tiereon and the players likewise suitably indicated and the means connecting one field to the other for securing simulated play upon one field, play by play, as the same is obtained on the actual playing field. Fig. 2 is a central sectional view of a portion of the playing field showing a part of the apparatus in section and other parts in elevation. Fig. 3 is an elevational view of one of the team players provided with the necessary equipment.

In the drawings, Fig. l, indicates an actual playing field and a simulated playing field. These fields are herein shown as diamonds and the game played and simulated is base-ball, although the generic idea of the invention is not necessarily to be considered restricted to the playing of this particular game nor playing on particular fields of this particular type. The actual playing fieldin a base-ball game consists in four bases, first, second, third and home, forming a diamond, and within the diamond and approximately the center thereof is the pitchers box or mound. Immediately back of the home plate is the catchers boX and between the home plate and the first base and home plate and third base two stations oliicials are used and one who controls de-y cisions on delivery and upon plays made at the home plate and the other who controls decisions on the bases and inthe fields. Usually the first umpires position is back of the catcher and the second umpires position is back of the pitcher or between the pitcher and the second base. In the simulated playing field each of the before mentioned stations is provided with suitable means for simultaneously supplying information to a player or individual located at said station. In the present invention, however, the batters box at the home plate is provided with two stations, one for right hand batters and the other for left-handed batters.

The actual playing field ha a transmitter or transmitting device l() that is adapted to convey messages to a central station 1l at the simulated playing field. This central station may be in communication with the transmitting station l0 either through mechanical connection such as telegraph and telephone lines, or through electrical connections of the wireless telephony type, or by a combination thereof, the last having been found most desirable. Thus plays announced into the transmitter l0 by an observer describing the same as they occur, play by play, on the actual -playing field, will be transmitted to the central stati-on ll, which central station ll is in direct communication with all of the local stations on the simulating playing field through suitable circuits. Herein one conventional form is illustrated which shows a plurality of supply lines 12 which go to each of the stations and each of the stati-ons is grounded as at 13.

Each station comprises a pair of insulating mats 14 and embedded therein but exposed thereon is a contact plate l5 in the form of a brass sheet. The two plates la are flexibly united and are suitably anchored to the playing lield at the proper location. One of the plates 15 is electrically connected With the supply line 12, While the other plate is grounded as at 13 or a return line 13 may be employed which iorins a 'return to the common source oi energy conventionally illustrated'by the battery 16.

The players take their proper positions and as the various plays occur the simulating,- players perform said plays as they actually occur on the playing field and as described by the observer at the transmitting station 10.

Each oit the players is equipped with a belt 16 having thereon at least two inetal strips 16a, each oi3 said strips having attached thereto two binding` posts or contacts 17, one pair being connected by lines 18 to head phones 19 carried by each player, and the other pair of lines 20 to the contacts 21 secured tothe shoesQQ of the player. The head phones 19 may be directlyA connected to the contacts 21 if desired. Thus when the player takes his position at each station he stands upon the mats lli and thus establishes an electrical connection between the head phones 19, which he carries, and the central station 11. Therefore all of the players are simultaneously in connection With'the central station-pso long as they maintain their Contact, and can play a siniulated playiloy play gaine with or Without the assistance of `a"ba`ll'.'

The invention .claim is:

The combination `ofa gaine playing held having,` stations thereon corresponding to the actual playing` eld and stations and a central station device for receiving from the actual playing` fieldv play by play directions corresponding to the actual play occurring' thereon, and a suitable nuinber of individual player receptiondevices carried by the simu; lating players, and means located at each of the simulating' field stations detachably connecting the reception devices to the central station, whereby the individual players are indirect communication with said central station.

In Witness-whereof,- I have hereunto atfxed my signature@ CREDO HARRIS'. 

